State Board cuts county assessment and fixes state tax
The State Board of Equalization reduced the county assessment by five percent and fixed the state tax at two mills. A meeting is noted for Thursday the 27th with speeches promised by local figures. The notice also mentions the Cedar County Agricultural Society’s second annual fair with generous premiums and inquiries about attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Equalization
Cedar County Agricultural Society
Ber
Town State Agricultural Society
Dubuque
J. M. Shaffer
Pairfield
Army letters spark political quarrel and homecomings
A Tipton school teacher sent a pro Confederate message to a 24th Town soldier, urging pie baking if he returns as a hero, while others mock copperhead ideas. Local editors rail against copperheads, celebrate Union loyalty, and note returning soldiers on furlough. The paper also outlines a county agricultural fair plan, a book under display, a Union rally at Gower’s Ferry, and a letter listing at Tipton Post Office.
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Encouraaine
Tipton
Jeff
Joe Davis
District Court
County of
Cedar
State of
Iowa
James Wymand
Ervetus Tufts
Emily Tufts
Serveius Tufts
Towit
Coat House
Insaid
A.D
David Platner
Sherif
Cedar County
Silriff Sale
County of Cedar
Phineas Cowgill
S. P. Hildreth
Newton J. Hawley
Delia Hawley
Lipton
Fragmented Verse Line Cites Benign Countenance
A damaged excerpt notes a countenance described as benign that “walked but yesterday” and laments the difficulty of laying it into the earth. The fragment presents a mournful, poetic image without broader context or attribution.
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Tipton Advertiser
Union Mass Meeting
James W. Grimes
C. Ben Darwin
Hon
Rush Clark
Tipton Union School
Copperheads
Cart
Joan Dance
Rochester
8Th Iowa Cavalry
Thomas
L. D. InaMan
Ile
Cornett College
W. F. King
Lyons Mirror
Davenport Gazette
State Agricultural Society
Boston
Ingman
Lowa
Alf. Carey
Mircnneth
United States
Union
Gower’s Ferry
Jack Silliman
M. FE
Londen
J. M. Hedges
James Pero
Harriet Wilgins
Lenden
Towa
Hicd
Tows
Cuarnie B. Davis
Charlie
Sheriff Sale
A. D
James Beach
Lavinia Beach
Benjamin F. Paulding
Bergamin FL Patcpine
Friend & Culbertson
COVE
W.S.& M. Childs
R. Hall
Dean
Che
Stu
E. & M. Childs
RAND
Price Statex
CG Upipam
Chestnut Street
Philiadelphia
Uldinb
WM. A. Brownell
Muscatine
P. P. Stewart
Quincey City
Leonard
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